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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,908 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 96

Sp. Betting Royal Commission Police Actions Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 3

The State Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission, presided over by a Judge, to inquire into charges made against…

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Council Fees Claims Before Court GARBAGE-SANITARY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 4

Fifteen cases were listed in the West Maitland Small Debts Court to-day in which the plaintiff was the municipality of West Maitland…

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Three Fined Show Ground Arrests Court Sequel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 4

Three men, arrested on the Maitland Show Ground on Saturday, appeared at the West Maitland Court to-day…

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New Zealand Murder Case Leave to Appeal Granted. Wellington (N.z.)

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 2

Leave to ask the Appeal Court for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was against the weight of evidence was granted Eric Mareo by Judge Fair…

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Tour Abroad Police Commissioner Study and Rest Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 2

The Cabinet has approved a proposal submitted by the Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) that the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J…

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Validity of Transport Act Upheld Majority Decision in High Court

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 2

The validity of the Transport Workers' Act, 1928-30, and the Transport Workers (Seamen) regulations, were upheld by, the Full Bench of the High…

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Stole Car. Boy Sentenced Two Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 7

Harry Barnaby Mofflin, 17, pleaded guilty at Maitland Quarter Sessions this afternoon to having, at Sydney, on December 7, stolen a motor car…

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Sessions Case Alleged Perjury Sisters Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 8

Arising out of evidence heard by E. A. Mahony, P.M., during affiliation proceedings at Cessnock Court in December, 1934, two…

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Charge of Stealing Sum of £8 INVOLVED Defendant Convicted and Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 3

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M. at the Cessnock Police Court, to-day, William Percy Wagg 29, was charged with…

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Sent to Gaol Cruelty to Horse Broken Fetlock Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 8

Charles Thomas Trevena, 58, a carrier, who pleaded guilty at Burwood Court to having ill-treated a horse, was sentenced to seven days'…

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Death Sentence Youth Found Guilty Murder Charge Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 4

Roy Malcolm Souter, 17, was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court, of murdering Christopher James Bolger, a young grazier, whose body…

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Stop Press Methods of Police Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 7

There was uproar in the Legislative Assembly to-day, when, after the Deputy Premier, Mr. Bruxner, had announced that the…

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Police Force Royal Commission Judge Named Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 7

A special meeting of the Executive Council was hold to-day for the purpose of issuing a Royal Commission for inquiry into charge…

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Police Search Assault Suspects Constable Hurt Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 8

Constable Newham, of Yass, was hurt when he attempted to question two young men in a car. He was punched, ana fell heavily from the…

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Youth Sentenced to Death

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, Roy Souter, aged 17, was found guilty of the murder of Christopher Bolger, on a station near Wagga, and…

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Spy Sentenced London, March 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 2

Four years' penal servitude was awarded Dr, Herman Goertz, a German, found guilty at the Old Bailey of espionage. He had been charged…

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Nine Months Youth Sentenced Assaulted Girl

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 6

Albert George Leonard Henry, 18, a labourer, was brought before Judge Clancy at the Maitland Quarter Sessions this morning for sentence for…

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Roads Not Speedways Magistrate Warns Motorists. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 2

Declaring that roads were not speedways, and that there should be no need for a pedestrian, to have to run for safety from an approaching car, Mr…

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Police Ball at Cessnock Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 7

It is the intention of the Cessnock police to conduct a Police Ball in aid of the Cessnock Hospital. At a meeting last night the following officers…

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Unlawful Arrest Charge Action by Hairdresser Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 2

Before Judge Market and a jury of four at the Parramatta District Court, Horace Gordon Hurst, a hairdresser, of Kurrajong, claimed £400 damages from…

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